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Jonathan V. Last: Why Is a Good Economy Bad for Biden? Media Muddle.
Jonathan V. Last writes for The Bulwark, an excellent Never Trumper site. He noticed a curious phenomenon. Whenever there’s good economic news, the mainstream media worries that good economics news is...
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North Carolina Pays for Vouchers for the Rich
Public Schools First in North Carolina finds it strange that the legislature can’t find the money to raise teachers’ salaries but easily finds money to fund vouchers for the rich. Its latest notice...
View ArticleJon Stewart: A Very Funny Episode!
Please watch this episode of “The Daily Show,” which aired on April 15. Jon Stewart is in rare form! Trump’s description of the Battle of Gettysburg is a classic. Don’t miss it.
View ArticleGeorgia: 50CAN Targets Atlanta’s Public Schools for Privatization
Ed Johnson is a systems thinker and consultant in Atlanta. He cares passionately about the public schools of his city and keeps watch over the actions of the Atlanta Public School Board. Johnson is an...
View ArticleThom Hartmann: Will Democracy Survive?
Thom Hartmann reports on the growing numbers of nations that have rejected democracy and accepted authoritarian rule. The Republican Party, he notes, has pledged its loyalty to an authoritarian...
View ArticleFlorida: DeSantis Signs Bill to Limit Book Bans and Adds a Sugarplum for...
Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill limiting the ability of non-parents to initiate book bans. That’s a step forward since any crank was free to challenge any book under previous law. But, the same...
View ArticleSteve Ruis: Why I’m Starting to Hate All Religions
Steve Ruis writes a blog called “Uncommon Sense.” In one of his recent posts, he explains why he is starting to hate religion, all religions. I think he is on to something. I was born Jewish. My...
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Tom Ultican: The Profit Behind the “Science of Reading” Movement
Tom Ultican, retired teacher in California, smells a scam in the making. The science behind “the Science of Reading” movement is not very scientific, he writes. Publishers and vendors are preparing to...
View ArticleSteve Hinnefeld: Should This Charter School Survive?
Indiana blogger Steve Hinnefeld writes about what happens when charter schools go shopping for an authorizer. He tells the story of a charter school that has been dropped by a series of authorizers,...
View ArticleNorth Carolina: Top GOP Candidates Are Extremists
North Carolina has a serious problem. Its GOP has controlled the state since 2010, despite having a Democratic Governor for 8 years, who was made powerless by the legislature (General Assembly). The...
View ArticleThom Hartmann: Bill Barr, the Master Fixer of GOP Crimes
Thom Hartmann writes here about the nefarious role played by former Attorney General William Barr in his two different stints, first, when he worked as Attorney General for President George H.W. Bush,...
View ArticleMeasles Outbreaks Are Worrying Public Health Officials
The propaganda surrounding COVID vaccines has led to parental uncertainty about other vaccines. This may explain recent measles outbreaks. For most of us, measles is a childhood disease that was...
View ArticleWhat Universities Should Do About Hate Speech and Behavior
I recently visited Wellesley College to attend the lecture of lawyer-scholar Patricia Williams, who spoke about book banning, censorship and critical race theory. She was brilliant. Her lecture will...
View ArticleTennessee: Voucher Bill Dead!!
Despite the best efforts of the billionaire voucher lobby, the Tennessee legislature rejected vouchers! Vouchers are dead for this session, although they were Governor Lee’s top priority. Republicans...
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Ohio: Immigrants Boost Economy in Columbus
Ohio has experienced population decline but one city is growing: Columbus. Peter Gill of the Columbus Dispatch explains that new immigrants have fueled population growth and the local economy. He...
View ArticleDavid Berliner: The U.S. Has Many Wonderful Teachers, and Few Who Are “Bad”...
Good and Bad Teachers: So Many More of the Former, So Many Fewer of the Latter David C. Berliner Arizona State University A refereed journal article by colleagues1reported on a survey of adults,...
View ArticleJohn Thompson: Reading a Classic About the Tulsa Race Massacre
John Thompson, historian and retired teacher in Oklahoma, writes here about a book that is important in Oklahoma history and American history. He writes: When I first read Victor Luckerson’s Built...
View ArticleTexas: Book Banning Gets Nuttier, Along with Efforts to Ban DEI in Higher...
When PEN America released its latest national report on book banning, the state with the worst record was Florida. If you hear any bragging about test scores in Florida, think twice. Educated people...
View ArticleFlorida: Politician Loses Appeal to Make Her Home Tax-Exempt
This is what may be the finest example of chutzpah thus far in the year 2024. The story was written by my favorite education journalists in Florida, Leslie Postal and Annie Martin. They specialize in...
View ArticleTennessee: Legislators Pass Bill to Arm Teachers Despite Opposition by...
America has had a large number of shootings over the past decades. Whenever there is a massacre of students, the public gets angry and mourns the horrific event. Politicians react along partisan...
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